God-image 1. Etymology God-image (German Gottesbild; Latin imago Dei in theological adjacency) names a psychic image of the divine—not a claim about God “in himself.” Jung separates God (metaphysical object) from God-image (psychological fact / imago). Related: imago; numinous symbol of totality; relation to the self. 2. Plain summary
Senex 1. Etymology Senex (Latin: old man) names an archetypal pattern of age—order, limit, foresight, melancholy—not simply chronological elderhood, and not identical with the wise old man “wise old man.” Related: puer aeternus; Apollo; Saturn; opposites. 2. Plain summary The senex is the psyche’s old man: balanced or
Wounded Healer Wounded healer names an archetypal dynamic that may be constellated in an analytic relationship—from Asclepius / Epidaurus incubation legend through Chiron. Related: transference; countertransference;
Word Association Experiment Word association experiment (also *word association test*) names Jung’s experimental method to show the reality and autonomy of unconscious complexes via timed associations to a word list. Related: co
Will Will names the amount of psychic energy or libido at the disposal of consciousness, implying some control over instinct. Related: motivation; culture / moral education; ego-instincts (Freud engaged at
Unus mundus Unus mundus (Latin *one world*) names the pre-Newtonian idea of a unitary world in which strata of existence are intimately linked. Sharp redirects to coniunctio. Related: psychoid; synchronicity; psy
Union of opposites Union of opposites is Sharp’s synonym redirect to opposites—the problem and process of bringing polarities into living relation (often via coniunctio, transcendent-function, tertium-non-datur).
Unconsciousness Unconsciousness names a state of psychic functioning marked by lack of control over the instincts and identification with complexes. Related: unconscious; consciousness; suggestion / mass psychosis; L
Unconscious Unconscious names both contents inaccessible to the ego and a psychic place with its own character and laws. Latin *in-* + *conscius* (knowing with). Related: personal unconscious; collective unconsci
Type Type names a characteristic general attitude or function—the habitual orientation of libido as introversion/extraversion and as thinking, feeling, sensation, or intuition (rational vs irrational class
Trickster Trickster names a mythic and psychic figure of ambivalent, mercurial mischief—subhuman and superhuman, bestial and divine—whose chief danger is unconsciousness. Related:; carnival reversal; negative h
Treasure hard to attain Treasure hard to attain names, broadly, aspects of self-knowledge necessary for psychological individuality; specifically, a metaphor for the goal of individuation—a good working relationship with the
Trauma Trauma names an intense emotional shock, often with repression and splitting of personality. Sharp redirects to abreaction. Related: cathartic method; complex; dissociation; affect.
Transformation Transformation names a psychic transition—often via regression and temporary loss of ego-hood—that brings unrecognized need into consciousness and makes the person more complete. Sharp redirects to re
Transcendent function Transcendent function names a psychic function that arises from the tension of opposites and makes a living transition from one attitude to another possible. Latin *transcendere* (to climb across)—not
Tertium non datur Tertium non datur (Latin: “a third is not given”) names, in Jung’s reversal of the logical law, the reconciling third—not logically foreseeable—that appears when tension between opposites has been hel
Synthetic Synthetic is Sharp’s synonym redirect to constructive—Jung’s name for the method antithetical to reductive, oriented to goal, purpose, and what emerges. Related: final; teleological; symbol.
Synchronicity Synchronicity is Jung’s coinage for an acausal connecting principle: a meaningful coincidence of inner and outer events without a causal chain that explains the link. Greek *syn-* (together) + *chrono
Symbol Symbol (Greek *symbolon*, a token of recognition—two halves that fit) is, for Jung, the best possible expression for something relatively unknown. It is not a mere label. Distinct from a sign (which p
